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Friday, 13 January 2017

Vice President Joe Biden gets emotional as President Obama surprises him with 'Medal of Freedom'

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have
gottena lot of attentionfor their close friendship during their eight years working
together, and on Thursday their bond took center stage when Obama surprised
Biden by awarding him the presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest
civilian honor, during a White House ceremony.

Obama
kicked off the surprise ceremony by saying he wanted to pay tribute to
"the best vice president America has ever had."

"This also gives
the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance," he quipped, as
the crowd and Biden burst into laughter.

Obama described how he
came to choose Biden as his running mate and gave details about highlights from
their time together, even revealing that he, first lady Michelle Obama, and
their daughters, Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15, consider themselves "honorary
Bidens."

Obama also testified to Biden's character and warmth.
"If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person you've got a problem,"
said Obama, quoting a Republican member of the senate. "He's as good a man
as God ever created."

A tearful Biden stood as the president fastened the medal
around his neck, and when it came time to speak, he heaped a mountain of praise
right back on his pal, revealing how the two stuck together through triumphs
and tragedies.

"I've never known a president — and few people I've
ever met in my whole life, I can count on less than one hand — who have had the
integrity, the decency and the sense of other people's needs like you do,"
Biden said, and later revealed how he leaned on Obama as his son, Beau, the
former Delaware attorney general, lost his cancer battle.

Biden
said being Obama's vice president was an honor: “I can say I was part of the journey
of a remarkable man who did remarkable things for this country."

“I don't deserve
this," Biden said of his medal. "But I know it came from the
president’s heart."